These figures were for the Training Program route only.
Excludes international medical graduates. There were 27 New Zealand trainees and 1 overseas trainee who also passed fellowship examination.
Excludes international medical graduates.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. The figure of 23 represents those that passed both components.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. This figure represents those that passed both components within the 2013 calendar year.
Includes 32 New Zealand trainees and 1 overseas trainee who also passed fellowship examination.
There are two components to this examination and both must be passed to progress. This figure represents those that passed both components within the 2014 calendar year.
Includes 33 New Zealand, 2 overseas and 22 International Medical Graduate trainees who passed fellowship examination.
Source: Medical colleges
Table 4.39: Proportion of vocational trainees sitting a final or fellowship examination who passed by medical specialty, 2010-2014
Medical specialty
Examination
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Proportion passing (%)
Adult medicine(a)
Written
68.2
68.7
69.9
69.6
68.7
Clinical
69.7
70.4
69.5
70.5
71.5
Anaesthesia
84.9
76.9
81.8
81.5
75.1
Anaesthesia - pain medicine
78.9
82.0
78.6
81.8
76.2
Dermatology
Written
85.7
83.3
81.0
88.2
85.0
Clinical
88.9
95.0
94.4
86.2
90.5
Emergency medicine
66.1
62.9
60.7
47.6
36.1
General practice
(b)RACGP Fellowship Exam
92.6
87.2
89.6
..
..
AKT
..
..
90.0
84.4
88.6
KFP
..
..
89.5
83.4
82.5
OSCE
..
..
92.5
92.7
91.0
ACRRM Fellowship Exam
..
..
..
..
..
MSF
80.6
62.5
100.0
94.4
90.2
MiniCEX
77.3
87.6
92.0
87.4
85.7
MCQ
62.9
77.0
81.0
74.7
72.8
StAMPS
78.3
43.2
58.0
60.4
63.3
Intensive care medicine
General
56.4
56.0
60.7
41.8
54.7
Paediatric
53.8
50.0
84.6
50.0
66.7
Medical administration
86.2
36.0
61.5
75.0
67.4
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Written
64.2
44.5
78.2
79.7
73.0
Oral
86.5
76.2
74.3
67.2
84.0
Occupational and environmental
Written
33.3
38.5
76.9
58.8
80.0
medicine
Practical
55.6
45.5
72.7
82.4
66.7
Ophthalmology
Written
84.0
78.9
76.5
63.3
91.9
Clinical
76.0
81.6
82.4
86.7
86.7
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
OMS Final Examination
87.5
66.6
72.7
91.7
91.7
Paediatrics(a)
Written
65.0
71.2
70.3
72.3
69.3
Clinical
67.3
67.5
65.8
66.9
76.1
Pathology
89.7
90.0
89.3
86.9
82.1
Psychiatry
na
na
na
na
na
Public health medicine
69.2
54.0
63.6
75.0
76.9
Radiation oncology
78.6
76.0
63.3
66.7
81.0
Radiodiagnosis
67.0
76.2
63.7
66.7
74.8
Rehabilitation medicine
Written
72.4
58.0
92.3
na
na
Written Short-Answer
na
na
na
84.8
89.2
Written MCQ
na
na
na
66.7
95.3
Clinical
66.7
69.0
47.5
40.0
80.0
Sexual health medicine
2.0
66.0
na
na
71.4
Sport and exercise medicine
Written
44.4
66.7
80.0
38.1
58.3
Clinical
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
75.0
Surgery
(c)80.9
(d)65.7
(d)61.1
(d)66.0
(c)80.1
Exam results for adult and paediatric medicine refer to the basic training written and clinical exams.
These figures are for the Training Program route only.
Overall annual pass rate. A candidate may have attempted the fellowship examination more than once during the year.
Individual pass rate. This counts all examination attempts made by a candidate during the year.
Source: Medical colleges
New College Fellows
Current Data
There were 2,993 new fellows of medical colleges in 2014. Of these, 1,399 or 46.7% were females (Table 4.40). Nearly one-fifth (557 or 18.6%) were overseas trained specialists who were assessed as having qualifications substantially comparable with specialists trained by the medical college in Australia and awarded fellowship of that college.
Table 4.40: New fellows: Total, females and overseas trained specialists by medical specialty, 2014